Amazon Air: The end of humanity is upon us.

[Titanium Man]

watch some dumb rednecks try to shoot at those things

hell I ain't lettin' those damn communist robots come knockin' to my house!!!

[Ad Bot]

[Bester Bageler]

Some people were thinking about trying to shoot these down if they saw them and collect the item it left like an enemy dropping coins or stuff in a video game.

[ShadowsfeaR]

having a pilot would be a huge waste (not to mention that something isn't a drone if it has one. they did call them drones, right?)
my guess is that it'll use gps to find out where to go in general, then maybe a camera or the help of a human to determine where to set the package down

I think if an unmanned helicopter can take off and land all on its own and know where the safe places are to land, a small drone could deliver a small package with the aid of GPS.

[Nikolan]

yeah and the size of the package you could use with this would be pretty limited.

According to what I read these drones can ship 83% of what Amazon stocks, that's pretty impressive.

[Tyler66]

Some people were thinking about trying to shoot these down if they saw them and collect the item it left like an enemy dropping coins or stuff in a video game.

The item would probably break when it landed.
If you're a terrible shot: you'll put bullets in it.

All you get is a pile of scrap, a broken product, and an invoice for a couple thousand dollars (or more depending on the item) and/or your arrest.

[Zeblote]

I was talking more of the blades that keep the drone afloat. In any damaged condition; missing blade, bent, partial/complete detachment, and a slight offset affects the flight of the drone entirely.

There would be sensors to detect if a rotor is working properly or not. The thing has 8 rotors, one or two broken wouldn't take it out of the sky.

[Unvanquished]

I saw this on 60 minutes this last Sunday. Amazon AirPrime obviously for people who have Prime, and as far as I remember it is only within a 40 mile radius of a shipping center and it can only carry about 6 pounds.

[Alyx Vance]

I saw this on 60 minutes this last Sunday. Amazon AirPrime obviously for people who have Prime, and as far as I remember it is only within a 40 mile radius of a shipping center and it can only carry about 6 pounds.

I heard it was 10 miles and 5 pounds from what I was watching.

[Unvanquished]

I heard it was 10 miles and 5 pounds from what I was watching.

I am pretty sure it was 40 or 30 miles from 60 minutes. I think you are right on the 5 pound limit though.

[SlayerZ99]

To solve the stealing, shooting down problem just make them attack drones with machine guns and flares and rockets

[Unvanquished]

To solve the stealing, shooting down problem just make them attack drones with machine guns and flares and rockets

inb4 hostile takeover of the human race.

[Fennis]

To solve the stealing, shooting down problem just make them attack drones with machine guns and flares and rockets

And then they can just get them on loan from Obabo.

[Unvanquished]

Nevermind guys I fixed it.

[Nal]

thats really cool

[Georges]

But this is amazon, not USPS.